Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
SILIGURI, 17 SEPT: A year after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the Sikkim-Nepal border, damaging thousands of houses in the Darjeeling Hills, not enough has been done to help those affected, according to political leaders in the Hills. "One year has passed, but nothing has been …
DARJEELING, 21 AUG: A sanitation tax of Rs 10 per day per tourist should be collected through hotels, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief executive Bimal Gurung has directed Darjeeling municipality. The idea is to clean up Darjeeling, said municipality chairman Amar Singh Rai. "As Darjeeling receives many tourists almost every season, …
Though councillors of the Municipal Corporation have visited several places on ‘study tours’ over the past few years and spent close to Rs 80 lakh, the civic body seems to have no knowledge about the outcome of these tours. To a question posed by a councillor, the MC has replied …
KURSEONG, 19 JULY: A major portion of Tindharia Railway Locomotive Workshop collapsed today in a landslide triggered by last night’s incessant rainfall. A disaster was waiting to happen here after it was severely affected by a massive landslide just below its foundation and also by the trembler that shook Sikkim …
SILIGURI, 15 JUNE: Nearly 10,000 people of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts have been affected due torrential rains since yesterday. Rains have inundated many houses in the Mal, Washabari, Nagrakata, Paschim Dhantala, Porajhar areas. Several houses have been also submerged along the Fulbari canal. Some areas including Milan More, Jodu Bhita …
A survey of hunting and consumption of wild animals among the Sherpas community in and around Singhalila National Park was conducted. Rate and pattern of hunting of animal species, their importance to respondents, hunting techniques, and reasons for hunting were studied.
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Since September last year, when an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 rocked Sikkim, scientists have recorded nearly 300 aftershocks in the region and predicted the possibility of a quake up to magnitude 9. As such, they have recommended that parts of Sikkim be upgraded to Zone 5, the classification that carries …
Kalimpong, March 2: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today set up a taskforce to monitor the implementation of all tourism projects she had announced for north Bengal as well as to suggest new ones. The team that consists of DGHC administrator Anil Verma and representatives of the state tourism and forest …
Siliguri, March 1: The forest department will conduct a census to find out the number of red pandas in two national parks in the hills. The first phase of the study will begin on Saturday. The survey will cover the Neora Valley National Park in Kalimpong subdivision and Singalila National …
India produces about 26 million g of organic tea and 80 per cent of this is exported to Germany, the UK and the US. Nuremberg (Germany), Feb. 19: The Tea Board has set up three model farms in India on 100 acres each to develop a standard package for cultivation …
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL), state-owned power generating company, is planning to foray into hydel power with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. “We are thinking to set up two hydel power projects. At present, we are in the process of finalising the detailed project report,” State Power …
Siliguri, Jan. 17: The Bengal Ambuja Group will invest Rs 100 crore in three tourism projects in north Bengal, minister Gautam Deb today said. A fourth project, by the developers of the Uttarayon Township here, will be in Sikkim. The chief minister, too, will announce a wide range of projects, …
Calcutta, Jan. 4: Holidaymakers in Darjeeling can soon add another must-do to their checklist: the ropeway ride that has been suspended for the past eight years. The state public works department has issued a no-objection certificate that will allow the ropeway to resume commercial operations. “A no-objection certificate was issued …
Sikkim had little to cheer about in 2011 as a devastating earthquake snuffed out lives of over 80 people and caused heavy loss to property and infrastructure even as the state witnessed a dip in tourist arrivals and insignificant border trade. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake on September 18 caused an …
Darjeeling, Nov. 7: The state government has brought in RITES to draw up a comprehensive tourism master plan for Darjeeling in the next two months, the first such effort for the Queen of the Hills. Mamata Banerjee’s decision to come up with the master plan is probably propelled by her …
KOLKATA, 27 OCT: In a move to improve the road network in Darjeeling and some other border districts, the state government has decided to spend Rs 150 crore over the next year under a Border Area Development Programme (BADP). The Thirteenth Finance Commission will provide the funding for the project, …
NEW DELHI, 12 OCT: The Centre has released Rs 120 crore to West Bengal for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of last month's devastating earthquake. Following a request from the state, the government approved Rs 120.02 crore for relief and rehabilitation of quake-affected people, a home ministry official said. …
New Delhi, Oct.12: The Centre today released Rs 120 crore for earthquake-ravaged north Bengal, within 12 hours of Mamata Banerjee requesting a Union home ministry team for Rs 500 crore. The money released is the remaining portion of the Centre’s share in the Rs 320 crore earmarked for Bengal under …
DARJEELING, 11 OCT: Laying the foundation stone for a tourist lodge and rural marketing complex in Jorepokhri, BPHCs in Mirik and Rambi, a multi-level car parking facility in Darjeeling and integrated development and beautification of the Darjeeling Mall Road-Chowrasta crossing, chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today virtually turned a wish-tree …
